How to make email links open in Gmail on Windows 11
When you click an email link on a website and the wrong email application opens, this blog post is for you! This happens when Chrome isn't set as the email handler and Gmail isn't allowed to manage mailto: links. There are two settings you can change to have Gmail open automatically when you click those links. It's an easy fix that will remove a daily annoyance for you.
On the Extension Technology intranet page under Get help > Training & how-to guides, there are step-by-step instructions with screenshots showing exactly how to:
- Update the default mailto: setting in Windows 11
- Turn on the Gmail mailto: handler in Google Chrome
Article by Karen Matthes, Extension Learning Technologies, klm@umn.edu
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